Crystal River current., 1887-03-19

WE see by the Delta Independent
that the question is being agitated on
the North Fork to build wagon road
up the Muddy to have for its objec-
tive point the town of Carbondale, at
the junction Of Crystal river and
Roaring Fork. The distance of the
road would be about 10 miles and the
object would be to find market for
the North Fork farm product. Why
not build the road up the Anthracite
Fork Of the North Fork and have an
outlet to Irwin and Crested Butte,
where you can always find market
for what you raise. You would not
have to build road near us long as
the other route, would have to cross
no divide, and reach growing mining
country where nothing ever can be
raised Tor the market. Around Car
honda e there is a ranch and farming
country to supply home consumption,
But Crested Butte and all this end of
Gunnison county draws its vegetable
supply principally from Utah.-LCrcs-
ted Butte, Pilot.
Why not build the road by Irwin
and Crested Butte? Why, that's SIM
pie enough. Because they want to
build road where it can be kept open
the year around. The North Fork
people know better than to build IL
road where it will have to be rebuilt
every season and then be blockaded
by snow eight months out of the year.
Il. build road from North Fork to
Crystal river would be IL very easy
thing to do for comparatively little
grading would have to be done and
then the divide to cross is very low
one and never more than three feet of
snow falls on its summit during the
entire winter. Where to build road
over by Irwin to Crested Butte would
be useless expenditure Of money; for
it is almost impossible to keep road
open from Crested Butte to Irwin DUR
ing the winter, at least it has never as
yet been done, and as there being no
divide to cross, we would like to ask
Bro. Phillips what he calls that thing
one commences to climb from the
time he leaves the Butte until lie gets
about three miles beyond Irwin, it its
not divide it must be a range. Any
how we notice the streams on one side
flow to the West and South while OH
the other side they flow to the East
What's the new name you have for it
John? And, us for the distance being
any nearer one way than the other
there would not be but few miles
difference either way. AS for Carbon
,iale being in farming country whie II
is capable Of supplying home markets
may be So, but the Pilot man should
remember there are other places OF
Crystal River and the Roaring Fork
besides Carl, ,ndale, and towns that
cannot be supplied by home produce.
We are to-dey using Utah vegetables,
as is Aspen, Prospect, the coal camps
in Coal basin and several other places
Of. perhaps. lesser Importance. Our
ranchmen last year got from two and
u half to three cents q pound for all
the vegetables they raised and were at
liberty to sell, then after all were
bought up that could be we had to
freight them in from Crtstel Butte
and Other railroad stations; and anoth-
or year 1t wi take more than double
the ammount to supply the different
places; for railroads will he in the
c 'untrv an with this advantage
North Fork farmers can ship their
| r "duce to ncishboring towns. And
il Crested Butte is growing mining
camp, what is Crystal, Prospect, and
the whole ofCrystal river and vicinity?
1t mast be growing mining and gu r
rying vicinage. Furthermore, if W
un le stand it ju right. the proposed
road from the N ,rth Fork is to strike
the new toll r;md about three or four
miles b,low Pro 'pect, thuslv making
that place and this end Of the river az
wall as the lower, their place pf dis,